Footprints in the sand

Footprints in the sand by Richard Tyrone Jones

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.

In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there was only one.

This bothered me because I noticed that, during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from pain, anguish or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints. So I said to the Lord,

“You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the hardest, most trying periods of my life there has been only one set of footprints in the sand. Why Lord, when I needed you most, did you abandon me?”

The Lord replied, “Oh my son, but at those hardest, most trying times of your life... be fair, you were being an annoying, self-pitying, sniveling little arsehole. Can you blame me for fucking off?”

“Yeah, fair enough mate,” I agreed.